(a) In this chapter and in
AS
23.10.325-23.10.370, unless the context
requires otherwise,
(1) "commissioner" means
the commissioner of labor and workforce development;
(2) "department" means the Department of
Labor and Workforce Development;
(3) "division" means the labor standards and
safety division of the Department of Labor and Workforce Development;
(4) "power-driven woodworking machines" means
all fixed or portable machines or tools driven by power and used or designed
for cutting, shaping, forming, surfacing, nailing, stapling, wire stitching,
fastening, or otherwise assembling, pressing, or printing wood or
veneer;
(5) "sharpened tools" means
knives and implements used for butchering, boning, gilling, filleting, and
other meat and fish processing functions; and axes, machetes, scythes, brush
hooks, or other implements determined by the commissioner, on a case-by-case
basis, to be hazardous;
(6)
"community entertainment" means a local performing arts group or association
established to serve a certain locale that is staffed primarily by volunteers
drawn from the people it serves;
(7) "entertainment industry" includes an
organization or individual using the services of a child in motion pictures of
any type, using any format, by any medium, including film, videotape,
commercial documentary, theater, television, or videocassette; modeling;
photography; recording; theatrical productions; publicity; rodeos; circuses;
musical performances; and any other live or recorded performances or rehearsals
where a child performs to entertain the public;
(8) "guardian" means an individual who, by
testamentary or court appointment, has the legal responsibilities for the care
and management of the person and the estate of the child during the child's
minority;
(9) "nurse" means a
registered nurse, advanced nurse practitioner, physician assistant, emergency
medical technician, mobile intensive care paramedic, or primary community
health aide;
(10) "parent" means
biological parent, adoptive parent, or step parent;
(11) "outside helper" means an individual,
other than a driver, whose work includes riding on a vehicle outside the cab of
the vehicle for the purpose of assisting in transporting or delivering
property, including goods.
(b) In
8 AAC 05.300 -
8 AAC 05.340 and in
AS
23.10.330 and
23.10.360, unless the context
otherwise requires, "child" means a natural person under the age of 18 who has
not been emancipated by the court.
As of Register 151 (October 1999), the regulations
attorney made technical revisions under
AS
44.62.125(b)(6) to reflect
the name change of the Department of Labor to the Department of Labor and
Workforce Development made by ch. 58, SLA 1999 and the corresponding title
change of the commissioner of labor.
